14 August 2009 — Ticketmaster in America
The New Yorker has a piece on the live music ticketing industry, in their August 10 issue. Here's an abstract at their website (registration required for the full article), and here's an audio discussion with the author, John Seabrook.
This is really a piece about the big side of town: massive U.S. artists like Bruce Springsteen and The Eagles. It's an interesting piece from that perspective, but it's a whole different world from the average band experience.